Sunday, December 23, 2012

Don't forget players, January 5th will be the first Saturday of the month and with that comes a $30,000 guaranteed tournament. The Buy-in is $300 with 10,000 starting chips and begins at 11:00AM. A Mega Satellite will be held Friday January 4th at 5:00PM with a $60 Buy-in and 4,000 starting chips with 15 minute blinds.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Players don't forget to check out the new tournament schedule beginning in January! We will now be offering Omaha every Wednesday, a Monday Night Re-Buy tournament, and the Second Sunday Deepstack will now be every Friday at 5:00PM. Additionally, the first Saturday of the month will now be a $300 buy-in, $30,000 guarantee with satellites the morning and evening before (The Friday night Deepstack will be replaced by a $60 Mega Satellite the evening before the first Saturday $30,000 guarantee.)

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

On behalf of everyone at Ante Up Magazine, we want to send a heartfelt thank-you to Ben Erwin, John Rochfort and all the floor staff and dealers at Thunder Valley Casino Resort for making the inaugural Ante Up Poker Tour event such a smashing success!

I enjoyed my time playing during the event and talking to players, and we're very much looking forward to returning next November for the next Ante Up NorCal Classic!

We'd also like to encourage all of Thunder Valley's players to tour with us in 2013. The next AUPT stop is a short flight away in Las Vegas on Jan. 25 at Red Rock Casino Resort Spa, with satellites beginning Jan. 21. For more information on this event, please visit Ante Up's Red Rock Casino Resort Spa's webpage.

Our Ante Up Poker Tour World Championship event will begin in late July at the luxurious, all-inclusive Hard Rock Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, with deeply discounted hotel rates for Ante Up guests that include all meals, alcohol and activities. For more information on this event, please visit Ante Up's Ante Up Poker Tour World Championship webpage.

And we'll host up to 10 more events in 2013. Find out the other scheduled tour dates, and keep abreast of new dates, by visiting AnteUpPokerTour.Com.- Scott Long, Ante Up publisher

With just a few events left this year, Candida Ross-Powers, winner of the Thunder Valley Players Championship in August, is 37th with 804 points, and Huan Cung, winner of the Ante Up NorCal Classic, is 44th with 747 points.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Congratulations to the 8 finalist of the Ante Up NorCal Classic. The final table will be played tomorrow, Monday Dec. 3rd at 1pm. Watch all the action right here on our blog where will be live streaming the final table.

Bao Liu of Davis Ca. contemplates his next move. Bao will represent Thunder Valley at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic in Las Vegas later this week. As soon as Bao finishes the Ante Up Norcal Classic, he will be on a plane to Las Vegas for the $10,300 buy-in event which begins Tuesday. Bao currently has over 240,000 in chips, which is twice the average chip stack.

Candida from Sacramento Ca. is the reigning Thunder Valley Player's Champion. Candida finished 5th in event #51 and 40th in event #2 in this years WSOP. She has also won a bracelet in a regional WPT event in September. Candida currently has 126,300.

Tony Recchia from Orangevale Ca. a fixture around the Sacramento poker scene for the last 50 years. Tony is a local restaurant owner who makes the best meatball sandwich in town. Tony currently sits with 62,000 chips.

Walt Strakowski travelled from W Palm Beach Fl. to play in the Ante Up Norcal Classic. Walt has the distinction of being the only Ante Up Poker Tour bracelet winner, which he won in 2010. Currently Walt sits with 105,000 chips.

Day 1 A and B in the Ante Up NorCal Classic has been completed. Day 2 will begin on Sunday at 11am with 86 players advancing. The top 10 players on Sunday will be coming back for the final table Monday Dec. 3rd for a chance to win a 1st place prize of over $88,000.

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